Dress



Jan. 15, 1952 METTLER 2,582,643

DRESS Filed Aug. 9, 1950 2 SPEETSSHEET l INVENTOR. MATILDA M. METTLER WE/LAM ATTORNEY Filed Aug. 9, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 JNVENTOR. MATIL'DA M. METTLER ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 15, 1952 'fzlssau's imizss Mettler; Flirt appiicatibniae usts, 1950, .SeriabNo. Ha -4.15} (ori ns '3 Claims.

This invention"relates toimproyements in a garment-of the type: known'zgenerally 'as a house dress.

It has been discovered. that house-dresses ordinarily deteriorate in certain parts more rapidly than in-"ethers and become unsightly and useless, while other unwerrr parts available ior further use:

An object of" the --instant invention is" to so fashion ag'arment madebf separable ara so the garmentservesinitially aswcomplete house dress and subsequently after certain parts of the dress have deteriorated by use, the other unworn parts of the dress may readily be removed from the deteriorated parts and utilized independently as an apron.

Another object of the invention is to unite and secure together the severable parts for initial use as a house dress in such manner that the parts thereof are easily severed when desired.

And a further object of the invention is to afiord a house dress having severable parts readily removable from each other to effect economy by salvaging unworn parts for further use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention appear in the following description.

An illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a house dress in which the invention is incorporated;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of a severed portion of the dress to be utilized as an apron; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged detail view showing a preferred form of stitching for securing the severable parts of the dress together.

The illustrative embodiment of the invention consists of a house dress, indicated generally by A, in which is included a waist, indicated generally by B, and a skirt, indicated generally by C.

The waist and the skirt are united by an intervening belt 6 that is initially attached around the garment, portions of the belt being separable from certain of the garment parts.

The waist B has sleeve members I separably attached thereto, and to the belt 6, and the front of the dress has waist members 8 and 9 that overlap each other and are detachably secured to the adjacent portions of the waist and to the belt 6. Said waist members extend over the top of the garment and are contiguous with each other to form a yoke It on the back of the garment. After severance of the sleeve members I and the Is and rs, -theonecverlappihg -tiie other: pres erablyjcjonnec'ted togmherby buttons; v severablerromthe-mar n thereto and-fr'o'm'the belt 6.

the"permanent*partsi iiidicated generally-by have similar marginal strips l8, which strips are attached together suitably by zigzag stitches I9, or the marginal separable and permanent parts of the dress may be connected together by any suitable form of stitching as by the chain stitch or lock stitch types of sewing.

In use, the dress as a whole is first worn as a house dress until the sleeve members 1 of the waist, the yoke ID on the back of the waist, the waist members 8 and 9 and the skirt Panels l4 and I5 become worn after which the separable parts of the dress including said sleeve members l, the waist members 8 and 9 and the skirt panels I4 and I5 are removed from the dress completely by ripping the stitching by which the parts of the dress are originally united, thus leaving intact the belt 6, shoulder straps H and I2 and the back l3 to be worn as an apron. This operation quickly and completely is accomplished without resort to additional sewing or alterations of the parts of the dress. Thus, the intact permanent parts of the original dress, uponreversal thereof from the back to the front of the wearer, serves as an apron, indicated generally by F.

Preferably, the sides of the skirt C have pockets 20 which remain intact with the back l3 and serve their purpose during use of the dress as such and on the apron after the severable parts have been removed. I

A valuable feature of the invention is the arrangement of the strips I I and 18 around the respective borders of the separable parts of the garment, which strips are temporarily united by the stitching l9 and subsequently ripped to separate the strips from each other and thus detach the several parts of the garment. This is accomplished simply by cutting the stitching that unites the strips. After the parts of the garment have thus been separated the strip I! that borders the permanent part E serves as a trimming for the apron.

While in the disclosure the invention is rei'erred to as applicable to a house dress, it is also applicable to dresses of other types that may readily be fashioned to suit the fancy of the wearer without departure from the spirit or scope of the invention simply by varying the patterns for the separable and permanent parts of the garment.

What I claim is:

1.-A garment comprising a dress which is convertible to an apron, said garment comprising a skirt, a waist connected to said skirt, a belt encompassing said dress at the juncture of the skirt and waist, said skirt having front panels attached at opposite sides thereof which are severable from the skirt and from said belt, said waist having detachable members and a yoke contiguous therewith, said yoke being detachable from, the

waist, shoulder straps forming a part of the waist "back part of the dress after conversion of the which portions are contiguous'with the back parti of the dress, sleeve members adjacent theshouider straps, and rip seams connecting said shoulder straps and the adjacent sleeve members for ready detachment of the same therefrom.

2. A garment comprising a dress which is convertible to an apron, said garment comprising a skirt, a waist connected to said skirt, said skirt having front panels attached at opposite sides thereof which are severable from said skirt, said waist having detachable members and a. yoke contiguous therewith, said yoke being detachable from the waist, shoulder engaging portions forming a part of the waist which are contiguous with dress to an apron forming the front of the apron,

and rip seams connecting said detachable portions wherebysaid portions of the dress can be readily detached therefrom and the dress reversed to provide'an' apron. MATILDA M. METTLER.

REFERENCES CITED 7 The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name I Date 1,327,476 Hurwitz Jan. 6, 1920 1,561,836 Donnelly Nov. 17, 1925 1,637,518 Brunk et al. Aug. 2, 1927 2,127,420 Osborn Aug. 16, 1938 2,531,994

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